Rockwood Family History
Rockwood Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rok(e) ‘rook’ + wod(e) ‘wood’ (Old English hrōc wudu). The name may be topographic denoting someone who lived by a wood inhabited by rooks or habitational for someone from any of several minor places so named such as Rookwood Hall in Abbess Roding (Essex) Rook Wood in Finchingfield (Essex) or Rockwood in East Grinstead (Sussex).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022